Indian navy officer dies in accident on destroyer

NEW DELHI : An Indian navy officer died on Friday from a gas leak during shipyard work on a new destroyer, just two weeks after a fatal submarine accident prompted the resignation of the country’s top naval commander. A navy spokesman said an unknown number of dock workers was also taken to hospital after being affected by a leak of carbon dioxide on the INS Kolkata, which was docked at a naval shipyard in Mumbai, the country’s financial capital.

This news was published in The Nation newspaper. Read complete newspaper of 08-Mar-2014 here.